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On Thursday, teen pilot Zara Rutherford landed in Kortrijk, Belgium to officially become the first woman pilot to circumnavigate the world solo. The Belgian 19-year-old landed her single-seat Shark ultralight aircraft to cheers and honking horns from a crowd that gathered to welcome her home. Rutherford originally embarked from Kortrijk on August 18, 155 days ago. Upon stepping out of ...

Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has advised Ugandans to boycott any fuel station that has hiked fuel prices abnormally. In a recorded video message, Nabbanja said it’s not necessary to sell fuel above shs 5000. “I want to advise Ugandans to go to petrol stations that have not hiked the prices. Two companies have not hiked prices, go buy from those ...

A senior official in the Ministry of Local Government on Wednesday afternoon collapsed in his office. After rushing him to Nakasero hospital, they declared him dead. Doctors at Nakasero hospital declared Lawrence Banyoya, the secretary of the LG Commission dead at around 3:00 pm. He had previously held several meetings in Kampala on Tuesday. Banyoya, together with the LG State  ...

Police traffic officer Robert Mukebezi who got shot on Saturday by an army officer is currently admitted in the intensive care unit. The new development came in after he had his leg amputated at UMC Victoria Hospital. Apparently, a non uniformed Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) officer shot Mukebezi while in duty. The accused is Corporal Babangida Bashir Mango attached ...

Hon. Betty Nambooze has said she will soon publish a book about the good things NRM has done since they came into power. She says this will probably let NRM know that they appreciate the good things they have come up with that have moved the country forward. She says the launch is not far from now. “I am outing ...